Docs says that button in Variable Explorer removes "all displayed variables" but also removes modules and callables when filtered

[NotNormallyAGitUser]

The Variable Explorer has an Options pulldown menu, wherein "Exclude callables and modules" is enabled. That hides modules from view in Variable Explorer. When I click on "Remove all variables", however, it also removes modules. For example, I have to re-issue import os.

According to the documentation, there should be "a button to remove all displayed variables". I was hoping that would keep my callables and modules, but I can't find such a button.

I posted this problem on Stack Overflow and was advised to open a new issue here. I using Spyer 6.0.5.

[ccordoba12]

Hey @NotNormallyAGitUser, thanks for reporting. You said:

According to the documentation, there should be "a button to remove all displayed variables".

That's actually a mistake in our documentation. The button to remove variables deletes all of them, not just the ones that are displayed.

I was hoping that would keep my callables and modules, but I can't find such a button.

There's no such functionality and I don't think it'd be easy to implement, sorry. However, I'll move this issue to our documentation repository to fix the wording about "remove all displayed variables".

[NotNormallyAGitUser]

Thanks for the explanation, @ccordoba12.